Book List

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart & Happy Child

Dr. John Madina, Director of the Brain center for Applied Learning Research at Seattle Pacific University, writes an engaging and comprehensive introduction to the many daily implications of recent brain research. www.brainrules.net

Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist’s Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions

Susan R. Barry, describes how wonderful it was to have step-by-step, this new 3D world revealed to her. As a neurobiologist she is able to discuss the science as an expert in simple language. www.fixingmygaze.com

A personal story, beautifully written by mother and daughter, following their journey of how Jillian's vision problems (Amblyopia and reading problems) were successfully treated with Optometric Vision Therapy.

The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

Dr. Norman Doidge, psychiatrist and author of this bestseller, brings us a “compelling collection of tales about the amazing abilities of the brain to rewire, adjust and relearn.”

Spark: The Revolutionary New science of Exercise and the Brain

Dr. John Ratey, an associate clinical professor at Harvard Medical School, summarizes the growing research on the brain benefits of physical exercise.

A User’s Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain

Dr. John Ratey provides a stimulating description of how the brain works.

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientists Personal Journey

Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.

Childhood Learning - Journey or Race?: A parent and Teachers Guide

Dr. John W. Streff and Ellen Gundersen, M.Ed.

Without Ritalin: A Natural Approach to ADD

Samuel Berne, O.D., Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development